as in doctor
chiefly US
a medical professional who treats injuries and diseases of the foot
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for podiatrist
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Novant Health is incorporating mental health into other aspects of medical care to try to improve rates of early intervention, including asking questions about mental health during check-ups and increasing mental health staffing at doctor’s offices throughout the region.—
Mary Ramsey,
Charlotte Observer,
21 May 2025 -
The Franciscan Health building at 770 Indian Boundary Road houses the Emergency Department and doctors’ offices.—
Jim Woods,
Chicago Tribune,
21 May 2025
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Treatments must be administered by a doctor or a physician’s assistant, nurse practitioner, or health care professional with a master’s or doctorate level training in acupuncture and a state license to practice acupuncture.—
Diane Omdahl,
Forbes.com,
16 May 2025
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There are several reasons why these conditions go untreated and undetected—and many of them can be linked to inconvenience, maternal-fetal medicine physicians from some of America's best maternity hospitals told Newsweek.—
Alexis Kayser,
MSNBC Newsweek,
16 May 2025
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For five months in 2017, farmworker Alka Kamble experienced blurred vision in one of her eyes but didn’t consult an ophthalmologist.—
Sanket Jain,
Smithsonian Magazine,
16 May 2025
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An ophthalmologist is an eye doctor who specializes in diagnosing and treating eye conditions.—
Sherri Gordon,
Health,
7 May 2025
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Several trips to the orthopedist, however, left her frustrated and without an explanation.—
Cindy Krischer Goodman,
Sun Sentinel,
14 May 2025
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Lee will have a follow-up with team orthopedist Ken Akizuki for another exam, as well.—
Justice delos Santos,
The Mercury News,
17 Mar. 2025
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David Cronenberg’s coolly perverse Dead Ringers dissects the entangled psyche of identical twin gynecologists, Beverly and Elliot Mantle (an iconic dual performance by Jeremy Irons).—
Samantha Bergeson,
IndieWire,
21 May 2025
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One of a handful of practicing physicians in the state legislature, Weber Pierson is leaning heavily on her experience as a pediatric and adolescent gynecologist who treats children with reproductive birth defects — one of only two in Southern California.—
Kaiser Health News,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
13 May 2025
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Zervas, who is a licensed optometrist, pleaded guilty in March to fraudulently overbilling the state’s Medicaid program over the course of more than five years.—
Andrew Brown,
Hartford Courant,
9 May 2025
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The life skills teacher is a devoted mom to her son Harry (Jude Hill) and wife to a successful optometrist Fred (Matthew Macfadyen).—
Erin Jensen,
USA Today,
28 Mar. 2025
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The detection of a nodule in the prostate typically leads to additional tests by a urologist to rule out prostate cancer.—
Amanda Castro,
MSNBC Newsweek,
13 May 2025
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Representative Murphy is a urologist who still regularly treats patients in Greenville.—
Joseph Goldstein,
New York Times,
29 Apr. 2025
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And yet, for most patients, monitoring the disease is still anchored in short, infrequent visits to a neurologist’s office.—
Jason Phillips,
USA Today,
17 May 2025
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Doctors referred him to a pediatric neurologist for an appointment a little over a week later, the suit said, but the family came back to the ER four days after their first visit with worsening symptoms.—
A.D. Quig,
Chicago Tribune,
15 May 2025
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“Podiatrist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/podiatrist. Accessed 31 May. 2025.
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